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Originally Posted by Hackey
Kind of just common knowledge. We've all seen the Hobey Baker list.
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Okay, let's filter the Hobey Baker, last 25 years list for players 20 or younger:
Jack Eichel (18)
Johnny Gaudreau (20)
Ryan Miller (20)
Paul Kariya (19)
Four players have won Hobey Baker at Jankowski's age in the last 25 years in college hockey. I'm pretty sure there's way more than four players who played college hockey at Jankowski's age who have made the NHL, though.
looking at 23-24 year olds who are winning these awards and using that as evidence that the league doesn't produce NHLers is absurd. A 24 year old senior in NCAA is about the same as a 20 year old in Junior overager. It's a terrible "example" to use to prove a point.
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Originally Posted by kehatch
How many times have we seen great performances in the WJC by players that never make it? You can't cherry pick good or bad chunks of a players season and use it to make a case.
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FOr Team Canada? A stacked team where role players can have inflated stats from playing with stars?
Tell me, is that a good parallel to Jankowski? Which star inflates his stats? The parallel you're drawing works for Ahti Oksanen, who was a beneficiary of how awesome Jack Eichel is. It doesn't work for an NHL drafted player who was the only forward on his entire team to be named to the list, despite his team WINNING the championship.